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So many people are being payed off or sitting out the 30 day consultation period not knowing if its going to be them next or not, its a scary time.

How safe is your job? Are you worried?

I work for myself (hairdresser) but have noticed a big difference this year in people waiting longer between appointments and where some would have had a full set of highlights before they now have a half head. My husband works for a large company, last year they paid off 10,000. This year they are looking to pay off 15,000.

My turnover is down a third and it hurts but at least it's my own business so I can look elsewhere for business. I decided a long time ago I would never be sitting with my future in someone elses hands. I think it's when they start laying off in the rbs and b of s you will really see it hurt in scotland. If people in kirkcaldy vote gordon brown back in I'm going to be very very surprised. I would take bets labour lose seats wholesale over this. If they don't I will despair

Scrat;1197845 wrote: Me and my wife have saved a lot of money. She's worried too, we can live for a long time without work but we already decided that allowing our future to be in the hands of incompetents is not an option.

I've got plans to scale back our cost of living by almost 50%. I recently bought a 1989 Nissan Sentra for $650. It's sound mechanically, doesn't look cool (looks like a refugee from a junkyard, which it is) to theiving teens and is miserly on gas. My truck is terrible in traffic and her Pontiac muscle car is not any better. Gas is heading for $3.00 a gallon and will be higher.


maybe you should get one of these

The Chevrolet Matiz. A practical, stylish city car - Chevrolet UK

who says GM don't make small cars:sneaky:

The kind of car that says you don't care what people think

Hey Buttercup,

My step daughter has been a hairdresser for 25 years. She just told me last week that her income is down to half of what is was a year ago. Smaller tips, waiting longer in between appointments, as you said. I am a landscaper/gardener. Aside from my regular customers whose properties I care for..... the phone is not ringing with new work. I am nervous.

gmc;1197836 wrote: My turnover is down a third and it hurts but at least it's my own business so I can look elsewhere for business. I decided a long time ago I would never be sitting with my future in someone elses hands. I think it's when they start laying off in the rbs and b of s you will really see it hurt in scotland. If people in kirkcaldy vote gordon brown back in I'm going to be very very surprised. I would take bets labour lose seats wholesale over this. If they don't I will despair


They're canny Scots remember - most of the cuts will be in England

gmc;1198042 wrote: Not any more lloyds tsb is english based and has a very poor track record in keeping promises about jobs in Scotland-when they took over the scottish TSB they were supposed to keep the headquarters in Edinburgh-and did for a year. The cuts can't be in england for the RBS because because most of the jobs are up here in the first place.


I beg to differ. The 9,000 job losses so far announced (4,500 in the UK) are in IT and most of the IT jobs are still in London, Manchester, Gateshead, Harrogate, Kegworth and Stone. The data centres in Edinburgh are just that and Dundas, Fetters and Gogaburn are more business oriented (beware - gross simplification alert!).

Bryn Mawr;1197932 wrote: They're canny Scots remember - most of the cuts will be in England


Not any more lloyds tsb is english based and has a very poor track record in keeping promises about jobs in Scotland-when they took over the scottish TSB they were supposed to keep the headquarters in Edinburgh-and did for a year. The cuts can't be in england for the RBS because because most of the jobs are up here in the first place.

posted by scrat

This is the beast. I think it will come in very handy intimidating the people who dare to scoff at it. It has steel bumpers, not plastic and styrene. It's paid for too. 30+mpg


Looked it up it's a nissan sunny:D 30+ is crap-must be a combination of that shrunken american gallon and the automatic gearbox.

I've got one of these

Nissan Almera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I get about 41 in normal running 45+ if I really watch what I am doing. Currently has 127,000 miles on it.

I wouldn't mind petrol at 3$ a gallon. You've no idea how appealing 50+ to the gallon can be.

Scrat;1198005 wrote: This is the beast. I think it will come in very handy intimidating the people who dare to scoff at it. It has steel bumpers, not plastic and styrene. It's paid for too. 30+mpg
Well if the other side looks as good as this side, & if it runs failry strong, then you certainly have got your money's worth! Best of luck with it!!!

Where I live, the steel industry is what keeps the communities going. The steel industry has had some major layoffs. The trickle down effect is hurting any and every business. People with over 30 years at the steel mill now are wondering if they'll ever work again.

Scrat;1198221 wrote: Here they are called Sentras. The Sunny is virtually the same thing just built to european standards. 30+ is good here considering the amount of time you spend sitting in traffic to go virtually anywhere. I also think that yours is built to be even more fuel efficient.


What engine does it have? here in 1989 sunny's had multi valve engines and fuel injection was becominh more common. my almera is 16 valve and has fuel injection and it's a basic model. It's replacement I would expect to average 45mpg. £1 a litre doesn't have make you economy conscious. Most of my driving is actually in town. My wife gets about 26mpg in traffic.

posted by bryn mawr

I beg to differ. The 9,000 job losses so far announced (4,500 in the UK) are in IT and most of the IT jobs are still in London, Manchester, Gateshead, Harrogate, Kegworth and Stone. The data centres in Edinburgh are just that and Dundas, Fetters and Gogaburn are more business oriented (beware - gross simplification alert!).


They also employ rather a lot in fife which is where people are waiting on the axe to fall. Gordon brown is a fife MP it would make him even more unpopular than he already is. It's not just the banks that are laying off people financial services was a major employer in scotland.

Scrat;1198325 wrote: Regular 4 cylinder with throttle body injection. Nothing fancy, I knew I was getting an older vehicle and didn't want anything very complex.


Is that the same as fuel injection-as opposed to having a carburettor and distribution cap? How many valves? the 89 sunny here had four cylinders and 16 valves instead of what had been the normal eight. I'm just curious as to whether the european version really did haver a more fuel efficient engine nowadays all cars have fuel injection and at least 16 valves.